Police: 2 men arrested in fatal street race in North Little Rock
by
Brandon Riddle
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June 21, 2018 at 4:30 a.m.

North Little Rock officer Andrew Miles uses a drone to record the scene of a two-vehicle crash Wednesday on Riverfront Drive. Four people were taken to hospitals with “significant and life-threatening” injuries. One, a 12-year-old girl, later died. -
Photo by Thomas Metthe

Charges have been filed against two people after a North Little Rock street race resulted in a crash and the death of a 12-year-old girl earlier this month, police said.

Michael Scales, 30, of Little Rock and Brandon Rogers, 29, of North Little Rock each face counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor, according to a news release from the North Little Rock Police Department.

Police said they arrested Rogers on Tuesday. He remained in the Pulaski County jail as of Wednesday afternoon, and no bail had been set.

Scales surrendered to police Wednesday, department spokesman Sgt. Amy Cooper said in an email at 6:15 p.m. No bail had been set, jail records show.

Shortly before 12:30 p.m. on June 6, officers went to the area of Riverfront Drive and Olive Street after receiving a report of an accident with injuries.

There, police found a Crown Victoria "in two pieces" with its front and the engine in westbound lanes of Riverfront Drive. The rest was "wrapped around" a light pole, police said.